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Samuel Moyn
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Samuel Aaron Moyn is the Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, previously the Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and Professor of History at Yale University, which he joined in July 2017. He was a professor of history at Columbia University for thirteen years and a professor of history and of law at Harvard University for three years. His research interests are in modern European intellectual history, with special interests in France and Germany, political and legal thought, historical and critical theory, and Jewish studies. .. more

Political science 50%
History 23%

Gerontocrats crashing out

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Age Is the Issue That Democrats Can’t Shut Down
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"Conservatism against itself"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | Reagan, Not Trump, Is the Real G.O.P. Aberration
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It exists

Wednesday for Yalies…
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I've seen enough: the gerontocracy is dead.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-geront...
The Gerontocracy Is Dead
Nancy Pelosi's retirement announcement and the gerontocracy's quiet war on little old me
www.kenklippenstein.com

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Reposted by John Fabian Witt

TOC, "Gerontocracy in America" (June 2026)
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Reposted by Samuel Moyn

Reposted by Samuel Moyn

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Seizing the opportunity to reimagine the presidency, after Americans of all stripes built its authority over a century, is critical — which means a plan and promise to make Congress great again,” Samuel Moyn writes.
Opinion | Resistance to Trump Isn’t Enough
Why liberals need a plan and promise to make Congress great again.
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Probably, but then seems like the original Progressives conquered the country connecting their signature political issues to governance reform initiatives.

The imperial presidency wasn’t built in a term - my latest

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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
Opinion | Resistance to Trump Isn’t Enough
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